Swimming has been off-limits in the long-polluted Seine River in Paris for more than a century. So with Olympic swimming events on tap for the river, the city poured in $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros ...

The Olympic Marathon swim test has been canceled this week over concerns with the conditions of the Seine River in Paris, France. World Aquatics announced on Tuesday that they were canceling the test ...

Years of digging pipes and cisterns, and more than $1 billion, were required to make the Seine River clean enough to host the races. Two French athletes won medals. By Catherine Porter Reporting from ...

Billions were spent to revive France’s most famous river, yet new data suggests the Seine still has a long way to go.

France’s Cassandre Beaugrand won gold in the women’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, cheered on by a delighted crowd as the hosts’ gamble to hold the swim stage of the race in the Seine ...

PARIS, France — On Friday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, swimmers from across the world jumped into the Seine River for the open-water marathon. The Seine has come under close scrutiny—and also the ...

PARIS, France – After more than a century, the River Seine is reopening for swimming, offering both locals and tourists the chance to take a dip. The long-polluted waterway has been cleaned up, thanks ...

Cries of "It is warm!" rang out across the Seine on Saturday morning as Parisians took a plunge in the river for the first time in more than 100 years. The French capital's iconic waterway has been ...